Isaiah 30:27-33
New Living Translation
27 Look! The Lord is coming from far away,
burning with anger,
surrounded by thick, rising smoke.
His lips are filled with fury;
his words consume like fire.
28 His hot breath pours out like a flood
up to the neck of his enemies.
He will sift out the proud nations for destruction.
He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.
29 But the people of God will sing a song of joy,
like the songs at the holy festivals.
You will be filled with joy,
as when a flutist leads a group of pilgrims
to Jerusalem, the mountain of the Lord—
to the Rock of Israel.
30 And the Lord will make his majestic voice heard.
He will display the strength of his mighty arm.
It will descend with devouring flames,
with cloudbursts, thunderstorms, and huge hailstones.
31 At the Lord’s command, the Assyrians will be shattered.
He will strike them down with his royal scepter.
32 And as the Lord strikes them with his rod of punishment,[a]
his people will celebrate with tambourines and harps.
Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians.
33 Topheth—the place of burning—
has long been ready for the Assyrian king;
the pyre is piled high with wood.
The breath of the Lord, like fire from a volcano,
will set it ablaze.
Footnotes
- 30:32 As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac version; Masoretic Text reads with the founded rod.
Isaiah 30:27-33
International Standard Version
27 See, the name of the Lord comes from far away,
burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke;
his lips are full of fury,
and his tongue is like a devouring fire.
28 His breath is like an overflowing torrent,
and it rises right up to the neck,
to shake[a] the nations in the sieve of destruction,
and to place in the jaws of the peoples a bit that leads them astray.
29 You will have songs as on nights when people celebrate a holy festival,[b] and gladness of heart, as when they set out with flutes to go to the Lord’s mountain, to the Rock of Israel.
God’s Judgment on Assyria
30 And the Lord will make heard—yes, he will make heard[c]—his majestic voice, and make his arm[d] seen descending in raging anger and in a flame of consuming fire, with a cloudburst, thunderstorm and hailstones. 31 Indeed, the Assyrians will be shattered at the Lord’s voice, when he strikes them with his scepter. 32 And every stroke of his punishing rod[e] that the Lord brings down on them will be to the sound of tambourines and harps, as he fights against her[f] in battle with a brandished arm.
33 For the Fire Pit[g] has long been prepared; truly it is for the king; it will indeed be made ready.[h] And[i] its pyre will be deep and wide, with abundant fire and wood. Like a stream of burning sulfur, the breath of the Lord will set it ablaze.
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- Isaiah 30:28 So 1QIsaa; MT reads to sift; LXX reads to confuse
- Isaiah 30:29 So 1QIsaa; MT reads one celebrates a holy festival
- Isaiah 30:30 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read heard only once
- Isaiah 30:30 I.e. the Messiah
- Isaiah 30:32 So MTmss; 1QIsaa reads the rod of his foundation; MT reads the rod of foundation
- Isaiah 30:32 So 1QIsaa MT; MTqere, mss read against them
- Isaiah 30:33 Lit. the Topheth; i.e. a fire pit near Jerusalem where the Canaanite deity Molech was worshipped
- Isaiah 30:33 So 1QIsaa; MT reads it is made ready for the king; cf. LXX
- Isaiah 30:33 So 1QIsaa; MT lacks And
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